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Thai authority: Khmer labor inflow is not affected by border clashes
BANGKOK, May 7 (TNA) - Intermittent border rows have not affected the arrival in Thailand of Cambodian laborers, but their numbers have continued to rise, while many have opted not to return home due to border tension.
Prawit Kiangpol, Director-General of the Thai Labour Ministry’s Department of Employment, gave the update in the wake of the recent Thai-Cambodian border rows, insisting that the renewed border tension has had no impact on the recruitment of Cambodian laborers in Thailand so far.
Prawit revealed that labor shortages have recently hit Thai businesses, leading to an ongoing surge of Cambodian workers in the country, where their arrivals in March this year stood at about 3,417 and increased to 3,996 in April.
At present, the number of legal Cambodian workers in Thailand reportedly stands around 151,119, most of them working in the provinces of Songkhla, Chonburi, Rayong, Samut Sakhon and Samut Prakan.
The Thai authority acknowledged that concerned employment offices have closely monitored the livelihoods of these Cambodians, insisting that there have been no reported incidents so far of labor maltreatment against the Cambodian immigrants, and that even with the border rows, these workers could freely return home as they held legal passports.
Meanwhile, Supha Boontuan or “Mokara”, a Cambodian immigrant who has worked in the eastern Trat Province for some 20 years, said he was optimistic for the overall condition of Cambodian laborers in Thailand with more inflows of Cambodian workers expected soon and he had praised local employers.
Mokara said that he personally wished the two neighbouring countries to peacefully settle their problems so that they would not affect Cambodian immigrants, adding that none of the Cambodian workers have returned home over the past weeks when a new spate of border clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers erupted. (TNA)
Prawit Kiangpol, Director-General of the Thai Labour Ministry’s Department of Employment, gave the update in the wake of the recent Thai-Cambodian border rows, insisting that the renewed border tension has had no impact on the recruitment of Cambodian laborers in Thailand so far.
Prawit revealed that labor shortages have recently hit Thai businesses, leading to an ongoing surge of Cambodian workers in the country, where their arrivals in March this year stood at about 3,417 and increased to 3,996 in April.
At present, the number of legal Cambodian workers in Thailand reportedly stands around 151,119, most of them working in the provinces of Songkhla, Chonburi, Rayong, Samut Sakhon and Samut Prakan.
The Thai authority acknowledged that concerned employment offices have closely monitored the livelihoods of these Cambodians, insisting that there have been no reported incidents so far of labor maltreatment against the Cambodian immigrants, and that even with the border rows, these workers could freely return home as they held legal passports.
Meanwhile, Supha Boontuan or “Mokara”, a Cambodian immigrant who has worked in the eastern Trat Province for some 20 years, said he was optimistic for the overall condition of Cambodian laborers in Thailand with more inflows of Cambodian workers expected soon and he had praised local employers.
Mokara said that he personally wished the two neighbouring countries to peacefully settle their problems so that they would not affect Cambodian immigrants, adding that none of the Cambodian workers have returned home over the past weeks when a new spate of border clashes between Thai and Cambodian soldiers erupted. (TNA)
